(SPOT.ph) “Greed,” is how Senate Committee on Agriculture chair Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan described the cause of the fishkill in Taal Lake and Pangasinan, reports ABS-CBN News. Pangilinan told reporters that the fishkill was man-made, caused by overstocking fingerlings in fish cages.

“[As pointed out by an official of the Department of Agriculture], you overstock precisely because you want to harvest more at the expense of the fishes…Now, P200 million is lost. What was gold in the beginning has turned into stone,” said the senator in a separate interview with ANC. He was referring to the estimated P190 million worth of fishkill losses.

The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and Department of Environmental and Natural Resources initially pointed the blame at climate change, however, Dr. Gil Jacinto of the UP Marine Science Institute said, “We did not have, over the last few weeks, any significant amount of rain that would have layered on top of Taal waters to be heavy enough to go down.” Instead, he explains that Taal Lake “had been over the carrying capacity.”

There were 12,000 fish cages in the lake, twice its capacity, reports ABS-CBN News. Moreover, the feeds not consumed by the fish sink to the lake’s bottom and become phytoplanktons. Once they grow unabated, they compete with the production of oxygen in the water, straining oxygen levels as the fish multiply.

Add'l comments......Our food supply, natural resources, water and power grid, educational system, health problems etc. are totally overwhelmed by overpopulation. State decision must address the population problem, not religious fanatism.

@ aquakulturistarnrnSpot on analogy. Our country's environment with the mountains of trash generated by 101 million people every day is threatening our very survival as a people if our leaders and our people simply want to be mediocre and choose not to take the high road. Our food supply, natural resources, water and power grid, educational system, health problems etc.rnrnI'm reminded of the Tianamen Square revolution in China in 1989 when the protest movement took to the streets to challenge Communist Party Chairman Deng Shao Peng to introduce western type democracy and rncapitalism in China in response to the growing poverty during that time. China's economy was in total disarray and the Chinese leadership had to act swiftly. The leadership had to accept the failure of the system and introduced a sweeping reform that made China what they are today, the 2nd largest economy in the world toppling Japan and Germany's economy in just 21 years. Although China is still under a police state, rnpeople have prospered and are now allowed to rnbuy and own a house, cars and every thing western society enjoy. That most important desicion Chairman Deng took have changed China forever. If our leaders would set aside corruption and think about the possibility of what this country could be, then a sweeping action like China must be implemented.

@ paniniwala, hindi lahat ng tao ay naniniwala sa Diyos. And they happened to be Filipinos too like you and me. They have the same rights like you and me. That is why the separation of Church and State is clear before and now.

It cannot be avoided that RH Bill is against morality. If we consider ourselves Christ follower, it is a no brainer explanation, however, if we let our earthly desires to prevail, that's where a lot of arguments will flow to justify thier WANTS.

@aqua,rnrnI agree with you. Maybe it is already time for us to stop hatred among ourselves. You also presented a good argument regarding intention. Bitter people seldom provide good intentions. Come to think of it, how can you hate and care at the same time? Perhaps this is also the reason why bitter people always fail to present solutions. Their vision is blinded by bitternes. Ergo, failure is expected from bitter people.rnrnWe are learning from you.rnrnRegards,

The Chinese businessmen should be the one killed instead of the fishes!! all they do is abuse and use our natural resources and some poor Filipinos for their own good. Chinese people must be the ones eradicated and not the Jews.